A long season became even longer for the Clarkson University Hockey team, which suffered an 11-2 loss at Union College on Friday night. Playing shorthanded with six regulars out of the lineup due to injuries and illness, and skating only 16 players, the Golden Knights dropped their seventh straight game to fall to 5-19-3 overall and to 1-12-4 in ECAC Hockey action. Clarkson will look to turn things around when it plays at Rensselaer on Saturday.

With a goal just 20 seconds after the opening faceoff, Clarkson looked to be on its way to a strong first period. Sophomore Corey Tamblyn (Bobcaygeon, ONT) tallied his fifth goal of the season off assists from senior Matt Beca (Mississauga, ONT) and sophomore Nick Tremblay (Candiac, QUE), but Union roared back with five straight goals to hold a commanding lead just 11:41 into the period.

Audio Tamblyn Goal

Just 28 seconds after Tamblyn’s goal, the Dutchmen’s Luke Cain tied the score. At 6:52, Mario Valery-Trabucco put the home team in front. Three seconds into their first power play, the Dutchmen made it 3-1 on Jason Walters’ score at 7:22. Union added a pair of goals 48 seconds apart midway through the frame with Jon Lareau and Shawn Stuart finding the back of the net.

The Dutchmen continued to roll in the second period with goals by Valery-Trabucco, Kelly Zajac and Jeremy Walsh to take an 8-1 lead through 40 minutes.

Adam Presizniuk scored on the power play at 3:38 of the final period for Union’s ninth straight goal. Beca answered back with his team-high 14th goal of the year, a power-play tally one minute later to make it a 9-2 game. 

Audio Beca Goal

Valery-Trabucco completed his hat trick with the Dutchmen’s 10th goal at 9:01. Kyle Bodie closed out the scoring at 11:18.

Union out shot Clarkson 48-19. Sophomore Paul Karpowich (Thunder Bay, ONT) started in the Knights’ goal and made six saves while allowing five goal through 11:41 of play. Classmate Richie LaVeau (Arlington Heights, IL) played the next 28:19 and posted 18 stops on 21 shots. Freshman Cody Rosen (Kingston, ONT) made his first collegiate appearance playing in the third period and recorded 13 saves while allowing three goals.